Jan. 21, 2010--The former general manager of a Pomona hotel
pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges that he stole about $300,000 from
the hotel.

Heinz Juergen Gehner, 68, allegedly used several schemes to
embezzle more than $290,000 in money and services from the Shilo Inn
Hotel on Temple Avenue, according to a news release from the Los
Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Gehner pleaded no contest to three counts of grand theft
Tuesday in Pomona Superior Court, and is scheduled to return to court
Feb. 11 for sentencing, according to the news release.

Gehner faces a prison sentence of up to four years, four
months, and will be expected to pay more than $310,000 in restitution
to his former employer, according to the news release.

Gehner was charged by the District Attorney's Office on Oct.
13 last year and arrested three days later by Pomona police, according
to booking records.

He remains jailed without the possibility of bail at Pitchess
Detention Center in Castaic.

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